As the submission deadline for our annual chapbook competition approaches this Friday, the Quarto Staff has compiled a list of our favorite chapbooks to inspire you all to bust out your best chapbooks and submit! We are beyond excited to read your submissions and design a chapbook, so keep a look-out for our winner and our chapbook launch party in a few weeks, too. But most importantly, don’t forget to SUBMIT your chapbooks by this Friday! The deadline is 11:59 p.m.

The January Children by Safia Elhillo
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo
The Specimen’s Apology by George Abraham
Portrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh Akbar
There Should Be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
Not Here by Hieu Minh Nguyen
Look by Solmaz Sharif